Second, and in a related way, they help illustrate the various political dynamics that are at work in the world and how they could evolve or not in the future. Further analysis regarding the potential evolution of the nation-state can be accessed here.

Third, they are an experiment in an extremely detailed scenario analysis and narrative. The experiment has been used to improve the overall methodology used by the Red (Team) Analysis Society, notably testing the use of ego networks to develop a narrative. The foresight methodology applied then is explained in the section “Analyse.” The software Gephi was used to create the dynamic graph and then throughout the whole foresight analysis. In the meantime various visual tools and designs were tested to enhance the delivery.

Finally, by adopting an imaginary time, Evertime, yet using time lapses or durations that should be similar to what we experiment in real life, as real events unfold, the Chronicles should give us first elements to start testing and improving our understanding of time. It should help documenting if we were too short or too long in our estimations, if this or that dynamics are longer term than expected, etc.

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